It was indeed difficult to address her so, however, and the title felt strange and awkward on his tongue; he was afraid he sounded unnaturally stiff.

Beside the deathbed, the maiden Ma'adrys sat back on her heels, her back unnaturally stiff, her face drained of all expression.

Hogg, standing unnaturally stiff in a failed attempt to give himself dignity, threw the door open.

The shoulder and arm he touched seemed unnaturally stiff and angular.

She saw the warmth pass from the Warrior, leaving him still and unnaturally stiff for one who lived his life in the fluid forms of battle.

They felt unnaturally stiff, and she couldn't stop shivering; but nothing was damaged.

"Captain," he said, his voice unnaturally stiff, almost mechanical.

The back is kept straight, though not unnaturally stiff.

Alkad Mzu was lying flat on her acceleration couch, with every muscle unnaturally stiff.

Her pose was unnaturally stiff, her slender back straight as she had been taught to sit, in some far-off schoolroom.